Mum To Ride The Concorde

July 28, 1985|United Press International

LONDON — Britain`s state-run airline is giving the Queen Mother a free ride on the supersonic Concorde as an 85th birthday present, but the opposition Labor Party complained Monday the gift will cost the taxpayer too much.

The mother of Queen Elizabeth II turns 85 next Sunday.

The Queen Mother will take lunch as she heads for Scotland before returning to London at about 1,400 mph.

A British Airways spokesman said the flight would cost less than a regular round-trip Britain charter flight that normally sells for $36,000.